Music

All good things must come to an end. And so the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival's 10th edition cruised to a close, Sunday night, after three days of rock, roll, hip hop, soul, dance, indie, folk and punk performed by 120 bands that drew a total of 135,000 faithful to Jean Drapeau Park.

Broods, yet another band from New Zealand to come out of the confines of the internet and take the world by surprise is on the verge of dropping new material. The band, composed of siblings Georgia and Caleb Nott, has been recording new tracks for their sophomore album — release date unknown, but the band […]

New York-based MSMR, a pop-rock duo made up of Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow have gone a long way since meeting up post-college. Neither members of the band had written or recorded a song when they came together in 2011. Now, on the heels of their latest release How Does It Feel, Plapinger and Hershenow are […]

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Downtown was flooded with cheerleaders Saturday evening as roughly 45,000 Taylor Swift fans flocked to BC Place to catch the Vancouver leg of her 1989 Tour. The cheerleader is the perfect symbol for the 25-year-old country turned pop star who is as well known for her enthusiasm as she is for her commanding stage presence. She's not the kind of popstar who wallows, preferring instead to turn heartbreak and hardship into infectious pop anthems with just enough repetition to stick in the brain of even the most casual listener.

The city may be an indifferent, sometimes cruel place. But it can still harbour grace and love even if you’re an almost-obsolete robot infatuated with an office worker who’s as much a misfit as you. That’s the ultimately hopeful upshot of Nufonia Must Fall Live!, the gentle puppet-show-with-a-difference by Eric San.

Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne, better known as Milk & Bone, have had quite an incredible year since releasing their first single. The Montreal-based band is preparing for a European tour this fall. The Montreal Gazette caught up with the band ahead of their set at Osheaga.

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My first live encounter with Taylor Swift dates back to July 2009.Swift was opening for tank top-sporting country guy Kenny Chesney at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton during a summer concert that had more of a mini country festival flair.

By Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A century after the teenage Louis Armstrong’s first pro gig at a honky-tonk, an exhibit about the jazz singer and trumpeter’s complicated relationship with his hometown is opening in a state museum in New Orleans’ French Quarter. They include photographs of notebook pages in which Armstrong […]